LarryG's loco & coach WB (4mm/00)

[LarryG]

Recessed door handles with a short length of brass handrail wire glued across the slots with SuperGlue...


All the foregoing soldering was done with a 25 watt iron. It's a 45 watt from here on. I etched my GWR solebars plain so that holes can be drilled to take stepboards...

 

[LarryG]

The GWR DIAGRAM K40 Passenger Brake Van (Bow-ended) just needs the roof detailing. Steps were at one end only...


These 61 ft l 4½in. x 9ft . 0in vans were designed for use of cross-country services. They were a stretched and slightly wider version of the well known Ocean Mails vans...

 

[LarryG]

Spot the difference. 42 hinges fitted. Rather unusually, the middle hinges were below the windows on these and other bow end coaches...


....Plus roof strapping, handles and destination board brackets...

 

[LarryG]

After spraying, and lining etc, the body sides were gien a coat of Halfords Satin Lacquer and then spray-weathered with a fine gun. Wise men will notice I shouldn't have ruled bars on the guard windows...


Glazed and roof glued down...


Weathering powders used for door-hinges, stepboards and bogies highlights...


Hornby corridor connections...

 

[LarryG]

Building the F40 was quite interesting, so a K42 will follow. These are more down to earth with flat ends, Pressed Steel bogies and normal door handles....


Plus some old lubrication. It can't be bought now so I bought a case....

 

[georgeT]

Love the coaches and the refreshments Larry, spot on...

 

[LarryG]

Construction barely differed from the K40. I used Comet Models etched blank and step ends soldered to one of my floors which had been reduced in length to suit a 57' coach...


Of note are the deeper windows and lower waist and a far more modern appearance...

 

[Mike Garwood]

I go away for 3 days and you get this lot done! Fair play Larry. Lovely work...

Mike

 

[LarryG]

Finished the K42 cross-country parcel van. It is contemporary with deep window non-corridor stock and has door handles off set from the centre of the grab handle. The extra long stepboards overlapping the buffer planks differed from previous parcels vans...



The K41 had shallower windows and higher waist and was not as modern in appearance as the K42 below...


Bogies are Pressed Steel 'Freight' version with small footboards and short springs. Robbed from a scrap Hornby Hawksworth coach....

 

[Deano747]

Geeezzz, Larry, what you don't know about coaches, etc, many people will never know!!! Very informative following this thread.

Respect! Rob.

 

[LarryG]

The K42 parcels vans have a side corridor. I was utterly bone idle and simply soldered together some bits of etched corridor. The real partitions looked nothing like this!!!! I just ensured the guards cubicle was opposite the guards door...



Representative security grills were speedily ruled on the back of the glazing...


The grills can be seen from some angles...

 

[LarryG]

The corridor side of GWR Dia. K42 No. 164 in BR carmine & Cream livery. Running number minus a regional suffix at the LH end in the early 1950s....



Restored GWR Dia. K42 No. 276 in BR carmine & cream can be seen on the South Devon Railway. Long stepboards missing. Otherwise, this is restoration at its best with the interior corridor partition having been built from scratch and seen prior to painting brown & cream....


Ex.works not long in traffic finish...


Yup, I forgot to fit end handrails AGAIN. They're on now!


Taken on the iPhone just now....

 

[LarryG]

I placed an order a few days ago for two Hornby BR(W) coaches. They arrived yesterday. Both brandnew, but heavily discounted, I needed something to do today and decided to simply repaint the Hawksworth. Some work is due in the workroom Monday so this is my last job for a few days.

The Hawksworth GWR E163 composite is a well detailed model let down only by the small buffers. I chopped them off using track cutters and filed the stumps back to the buffer plank. The oblong holed were drilled out to suit Wizard models GWR coach buffers.

I have recently taken to using the iPhone for close-up images, its higher pixel rate and single optic scoring over the ageing DSLR with a wad of close up lenses screwed up front....


Whitemetal buffers attached with Loctite instant glue...


They made a big difference to the appearance of the GWR design coach...

 

[LarryG]

Back from Tesco so here goes. Hornby coach in maroon & custard with the glazing carefully removed...


Overall coat of Halfords grey plastic primer to protect the yellow plastic and Hornby paint from cellulose..


Cream panels added between compartments and cream painted compartments...


Finished in weathered livery. The lining above the windows is tricky as the yellow line runs immediately below the beading strips atop the doors...


There was a need for a composite and I bought etched sides for a 1930's Sunshine coach. However, this rtr Hawksworth fits the bill nicely...

 

[LarryG]

I intend making my own couplings one day (a fav modellers choice of words), but in the meantime I have been fitting Bachmann 36-025 short couplings and 36-026 long tension-lock couplings and experimenting on the layout tracks. Two short couplings close-couple the coaches nicely and will still negotiate Peco large radius points without difficulty. But not the 28 in radius loop at the end of the layout...



Come coaches have a short at one end and a long at the other so that they can be turned around if necessary. This is a long and short on the 28" radius curve...

 

[Phil O]

Larry,

Nice to see corridor connections, that actually meet.

 

[LarryG]

This is the Hornby BE Dia. C54 corridor third after being repainted...


Once again, the correct large GWR buffers from Wizard Models replaced the originals. The carmine red band under the gutter is very shallow with lots of cream above the windows on these bow-ended coaches.


The corridor side. Weathering on the coach sides is very subtle, representing a clean vehicle...

 

[Phil O]

Larry,

If it wasn't for the tension locks, you could pass off those photos as the real thing.

 

[LarryG]

Thanks Phil. I have it in mind to replace the tension-locks, but it depends on how deep I get into the layout. Coaches with couplings are more attractive to buyers if I ever lose interest.

 

[Phil O]

Are the couplings fitted into nem pockets? If yes, you could fit screw links, after removing the tension locks, but kept safe incase they're required for making a sale.